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Second Innings is an initiative on Organ Donation, to create awareness and educate people to understand the importance and significance of pledging their organs. The Second Innings will urge people, along with their families, to donate their organs and help save lives even after they are long gone. The initiative helps us to understand that we have one life, and we should make it very useful and help people even after we are not around. It is a definite way to save the lives of loved ones, ours, and others. Pledging to donate our organs and educating our families on the decision is much needed in India today and Second Innings aims at bringing this awareness to the common man. Second Innings aims to significantly increase contribution to Organ Donation.
Gift Life, Be an Organ Donor
By being an organ donor, you can make a difference in up to 50 lives! Donating an organ after death is more than just the physical act of giving a part of your body that is of no use to you anymore. It is about celebrating your life! It shows that you value your life and you want it to continue. Many of us believe that we should make ourselves useful and help people who are less fortunate than us. Organ donation allows you to be of use and help people even after we are not around anymore. Organ donation is a very noble deed, indeed!
Did You Know?
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Less than 1 in a million people in India donate their organs.
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Since 2005, 3 million people have died in India because of the non-availability of organs.
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In India every year, 150,000 people await a kidney transplant.
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2 lakh people die of liver diseases and 50,000 of heart diseases. 10 lakh people suffer from Corneal blindness and await transplant.
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In India, 140,000 people are involved in road accidents every year. Of these 67% suffer head injuries and possibly end up brain dead i.e. almost 93,000 people are brain dead every year and can donate their organs.
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A single donor can save seven lives by organ donation and enhance up to 50 lives by tissue donation. Pledge your organs today!
What is Organ Donation?
Organ donation is when healthy organs and tissues are transplanted from one person for transplantation into another, to replace the diseased or non-functioning organs either to improve or save someone's life. Visit us, the top hospital in Bangalore to pledge your organs and save someone's life.
The Transplant of Human Organs Act 1994
The Central Government of India passed the Transplant of Human Organs Act, of 1994. The act regulates the identification, retrieval, storage, transportation and transplantation of human organs in our country. It also accepts "Brain Death" as "Death".
Who can be a Donor?
Organ donations are not constrained by age limits. All adults and minors with the consent of parents or legal guardians regardless of age, race or gender can pledge to become an organ donor. The youngest donor in India so far has been a 16-month-old baby girl. An 82-year-old lady is the oldest donor in India
When does Organ Donation Take Place?
Organ donation can take place in 2 situations.
Live Donation
This occurs when a person donates their kidney and or part of their life whi 1st they are still alive. According to Indian Law, only immediate related and unrelated members can donate. All live donations have to be authorized by the Appropriate Committee appointed by the Government.
Deceased Organ Donation
This takes place after death.
Brain death -In the case of brain death the person is on a life support system. Once the doctors run tests and declare a person brain dead, the family has to give consent for organ donation. All organs can be donated in the case of brain death. Brain death is the irreversible end of all brain activity and is medically and legally recognised as death. Consult with the best doctors in Bangalore for an organ transplant.
Natural Death I Cardiac Arrest- In the case of natural death only tissues such as eyes, heart valves, skin etc. can be donated. The family would have to contact the nearest eye bank within 6 hours of death for eye donation.
What Organs Can You Donate?
Organs/Tissues that can be donated after brain death: * Heart * Liver* Kidney* Pancreas * Lungs *Eyes * Skin* Bone* Bone marrow* Heart valves and eardrum.
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